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Desserts

Desserts bring structure to sweetness, from cakes and custards to frozen treats and fruit-driven finishes that close the meal with intention.

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English Bread Pudding

Chef Juliette

English Bread Pudding

Butter each slice, swell the fruit, and let a shallow bain-marie do its quiet work: this economical custard pudding rewards patience with tender crumb and a softly set centre.

French Bread Pudding

Chef Juliette

French Bread Pudding

Pouding de pain à la française turns humble white crumb into silk: vanilla milk, eggs, and beaten whites poached gently until the pudding stands proud, then served with custard, sabayon, or fruit sauce.

German Bread Pudding

Chef Juliette

German Bread Pudding

Brown crumb drinks Rhine wine, cinnamon, and moist sugar before eggs, butter, and a gentle bain-marie turn thrift into a tender pudding made for ruby fruit syrup.

Scotch Bread Pudding

Chef Juliette

Scotch Bread Pudding

Pouding de Pain à l’Écossaise turns vanilla bread custard light with beaten whites, suspends thin seasonal fruit through it, then meets a glossy red-currant sauce sharpened with raspberry.

Tapioca

Chef Juliette

Tapioca

A modest tapioca pudding with the full grammar of a soufflé: milk-swollen pearls, yolks for richness, whites for lift, and a gentle bain-marie that sets it just firm enough to turn out.

Sago Pudding

Chef Juliette

Sago Pudding

Pouding au sagou rises softly in its sago-dusted mould, then turns out with a pearled edge and tender vanilla centre, proving that patient swelling, not richness or fuss, makes a fine starch pudding.

Semolina Pudding

Chef Juliette

Semolina Pudding

Gâteau de semoule turns sweet milk and economical grain into a tender moulded pudding, lifted with yolks and whipped whites, then gently poached until resilient enough to turn out.

Vermicelli Pudding

Chef Juliette

Vermicelli Pudding

Milk-tender vermicelli, butter, yolks, and folded whites become a light molded pudding, with long strands left nearly whole so the turned dessert wears its own pattern.

Fresh-noodle Pudding

Chef Juliette

Fresh-noodle Pudding

Thin ribbons of fresh egg noodle set in buttery sweet milk, enriched with yolks, lifted with whipped whites, and gently poached in a mould: a tender pudding with real structure.

English Tapioca, Sago, and Semolina Puddings, etc.

Chef Juliette

English Tapioca, Sago, and Semolina Puddings, etc.

Pouding anglais turns three humble starches into one lesson: cook the grain fully in barely sweetened milk, add exactly two eggs per pint, then let a bain-marie set the custard gently.

Brazilian Pudding

Chef Juliette

Brazilian Pudding

Pouding Brésilien teaches the nerve of caramel and the gentleness of custard: old-gold sugar clothing a tender vanilla tapioca pudding, poached quietly, chilled, and turned out into its own shining sauce.

Chevreuse Pudding

Chef Juliette

Chevreuse Pudding

Pouding à la Chevreuse turns humble semolina into a dinner-party dessert: a tender buttered pudding under kirsch sabayon, whisked until pale and carried to the table before its airy crown can settle.

Rice Pudding

Chef Juliette

Rice Pudding

Pouding de riz rises from whole vanilla-scented grains and beaten whites into a tender moulded pudding, butter-gold at the edges and light enough to carry custard, sabayon, or fruit sauce.

English Rice Pudding

Chef Juliette

English Rice Pudding

Firm rice grains held in loose vanilla custard, baked in the serving dish and dusted with icing sugar. Pull it early, because the quiet standing time completes the oven’s work.

Rice and Chocolate Pudding

Chef Juliette

Rice and Chocolate Pudding

Tender grains, dark chocolate, and a lifted crumb baked in one buttered dish, with chocolate custard softened by whipped cream alongside. The whole pouding rests on folding the whites without crushing the rice.

Saxon Pudding

Chef Juliette

Saxon Pudding

A milk panade dried as firmly as choux, enriched with yolks, then lifted with stiff whites: Pouding Saxon rises gently in a bain-marie and arrives soft, butter-gold, and ready for custard.

Almond Souffléd Pudding

Chef Juliette

Almond Souffléd Pudding

A tender almond soufflé pudding, poached rather than baked, with grilled almonds and warm white-wine sabayon: mastery lies in drying the panade before the egg whites ever meet it.

Souffléd Pudding, Denise

Chef Juliette

Souffléd Pudding, Denise

Pouding soufflé Denise turns a properly dried almond and crème de riz paste into a tender, buoyant pudding, enriched with yolks, lifted by whites, and unmoulded beneath apricot-almond sauce.

Lemon Souffléd Pudding

Chef Juliette

Lemon Souffléd Pudding

Hot lemon-scented pudding rises tender above its ramekin, then turns soft and custardy beneath, with cool crème anglaise beside it. The lesson is simple: perfume the milk with rind, never burden the batter with pith or juice.

Orange, Curaçao, Anisette, and Bénédictine Puddings, etc.

Chef Juliette

Orange, Curaçao, Anisette, and Bénédictine Puddings, etc.

One base becomes four perfumed desserts, each gently poached and paired with its own crème anglaise. The lesson is restraint: add every liqueur off the heat, or its finest aroma escapes.

Indian Souffléd Pudding

Chef Juliette

Indian Souffléd Pudding

Two gingers do different work in this French souffléd pudding: ground ginger carries the heat, candied dice give the bite, and ginger custard catches every warm, tender spoonful.

Chestnut Souffléd Pudding

Chef Juliette

Chestnut Souffléd Pudding

Pouding soufflé aux marrons rises on one uncompromising step: dry the vanilla-poached chestnut purée until it leaves the pan clean, then yolks and whites can carry it into a tender, buttery pudding.

Mousseline Pudding

Chef Juliette

Mousseline Pudding

Pouding Mousseline turns butter, sugar, yolks, and beaten whites into a tender ring that rises in a bain-marie, rests ten minutes, then receives a light Sabayon or vivid fruit sauce.

Souffléd Pudding à la Régence

Chef Juliette

Souffléd Pudding à la Régence

Caramel sets the pace in this vanilla-light Régence pudding, whose airy crumb poaches gently behind an amber shell before meeting a separate ribbon of caramel crème anglaise.

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